Zhao Palace, Longtai.

The so-called Longtai is not a platform, but the name of a palace, which is where Zhao Dan, the monarch of Zhao State, discusses state affairs with his ministers on weekdays.

I have to say that this Longtai palace is built quite atmospheric and majestic, there are a full one hundred and eight steps alone, and the height of the top of the steps is one hundred and nine meters high from the ground, which is equivalent to the height of four or five floors.

In this era, there are no skyscrapers, 99% of the buildings are bungalows, leaning on the vermilion lacquer railing of Longtai to look north, not only the entire palace city is in the eyes, but even most of Handan City can be seen, people can't help but have a sense of superiority over all beings.

After hastily washing, Zhao Dan came to Longtai.

As a history lover of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhao Dan certainly couldn't be ignorant of the Battle of Changping, a great war that could be said to determine the entire Warring States situation.

In fact, Zhao Dan has studied this battle very carefully, and has also put himself in the position of Zhao Xiaocheng, thinking about how Zhao Guo should win this battle, and even argued with many netizens on major forums on the Internet many times.

Of course, no one can convince anyone with this kind of online mouth cannon, so in the end, there is no result.

But Zhao Dan never expected that at this moment, he would really travel to the Warring States and really become the king of Zhao Xiaocheng, who has the same name and surname as himself, and become the real helmsman of Zhao State!

It is said that there is no if in history, and this time the crossing just gave Zhao Dan such an opportunity to "if".

And he vows to change history!

Zhao Dan didn't wait too long, the sun had just risen, and many ministers of Zhao had already gathered in Longtai.

During the Warring States period, it was not popular to sit on chairs, and everyone knelt and sit, so Zhao Dan's "throne" was a mat...

Zhao Dan knelt at the top and looked at the ministers present from right to left.

This was not a big court meeting, so there were only five ministers present.

The closest to Zhao Dan on the right is Zhao Dan's uncle, Zhao Xiangbang at this time, and Zhao Sheng, the plain monarch in the "Four Gentlemen of the Warring States".

It was this Zhao Sheng who said something when Zhao Dan hesitated to accept the party before, which strengthened Zhao Dan's determination to accept the party and led to the outbreak of the Battle of Changping.

On Zhao Sheng's side is Zhao Dan's other uncle, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao. Zhao Bao was opposed to accepting the party, but his opinion was not adopted.

Lin Xiangru, Zhao Guoshangqing. The two stories of "Returning to Zhao after Completion" and "Bearing the Guilt of Jing Petition" have been passed down through the ages, and it can be said that they are the most familiar one among the people present.

Now Lin Xiangru is already full of white hair and has a sick face, although he is in good spirits, he still looks sick when he kneels there.

In fact, Lin Xiangru is indeed seriously ill now, but he is still sick to the court for the sake of national affairs, so Zhao Dan can't help but admire and nod to the old minister.

Lin Xiangru was beside Yu Xin, another secretary of Zhao State. Yu Xin is a cronie personally promoted by Zhao Dan, a famous man in the Warring States period, and is good at strategic planning.

Yu Xin is Zhao Guoshang's doctor Lou Chang, this is another guy who needs to take the blame.

It was precisely because Lou Changli took the initiative to send envoys to Qin for peace talks that led to the failure of Zhao's diplomacy, so Chu and Wei, who were already preparing to send troops to help Zhao, hesitated and did not send troops, resulting in the end of the Battle of Changping, and Zhao did not receive reinforcements.

Moreover, this Lou Chang also has a "Zhao traitor" brother Lou Zhuan, so Zhao Dan has no good impression of this Lou Chang in his heart.

Xiangbang Zhao Sheng, Si Kou Zhao Bao, Nei Shi Lin Xiangru, Yu Shi Lou Chang, and Lieutenant Yu Xin, these five people, plus Lian Po, the general who is now leading the army, are the six most important ministers in the entire Zhao State leadership group.

Seeing these characters who had left their names in history appear in front of him one by one, Zhao Dan's heart couldn't help but be a little excited, but fortunately, there was a fusion of the experience and memory of the two lives, so Zhao Dan coughed, naturally revealing the majesty that King Zhao should have, and said: "Summoning Zhuqing today, it is really a matter of changing generals." ”

As soon as these words came out, the five people present were not surprised, but showed different expressions.

Zhao Dan sat on the throne and swept away, and found that the faces of Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao, and Shangda Doctor Lou Chang all showed joy, while Lin Xiangru and Yu Xin's faces were quite solemn.

Why is that?

Here we must first talk about the factional problems that exist within the Zhao State.

As the saying goes, where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there will be contradictions.

In addition, in order to facilitate the art of checks and balances, the emperors will also consciously or unintentionally form two factions of the ministers under their command.

Of course, the same is true of Zhao State, when Zhao Dan's grandfather Zhao Wuling King was in power, the faction of Zhao State was not obvious, but when it came to Zhao Dan's father, King Zhao Huiwen, the difference between this faction was quite obvious.

At this time, there were two main active factions in the political arena of Zhao State, one of which was the "Gong Family" and the other was the "Buyi".

Gong clan is a name for the royal family during the Warring States Period, and the Gong clan faction here refers to the imperial relatives and nobles of Zhao State, who are born to be powerful and superior.

Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao and Shangfu Lou Chang are representatives of the Gong faction.

The other faction of "cloth clothes" is completely different, the ministers of these cloth clothes faction are all ordinary people, all of them are self-made, with their own ability to win the trust of the king, step by step hard work.

The two Zhao State Secretaries, Lin Xiangru and Yu Xin, as well as the general Lian Po, who was leading the troops outside, were all the brains of the Buyi faction.

In this way, the two factions of the Gong clan and the cloth clothes happened to be tied 3 to 3 in the group of six, which made it convenient for the monarch to check and balance and mediate, so as to firmly hold the supreme power in the hands of the monarch himself.

At the beginning of the Battle of Changping, due to the split within the Gong faction (Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao did not agree to take over Changping, but Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng agreed), and Lian Po of the Buyi faction was the most excellent, best and most famous general of Zhao at this time, so Lian Po of the Buyi faction was able to lead the army to Changping and confront the Qin army led by Wang Yu, the left commander of the Qin State.

In other words, at the beginning, this cloth faction had the upper hand.

However, with the unfavorable battle of Lian Po in the direction of Changping, not only did he lose his troops but also lost two lines of defense in the past few months, and the voice of the Gong clan faction naturally became louder, and he strongly asked Zhao Dan to change generals!

For whom? Of course, it is to replace it with the most prestigious member of the Gong faction at this moment, the son of Ma Fujun - Zhao Kuo!

In fact, if you think about it, if it weren't for the strong support of Zhao Sheng, the king of Xiangbang Plains, Zhao Bao, the king of Pingyang, and Lou Chang, the doctor of Zhao Chang, how could he remove a world-famous general like Lian Po at the critical moment of the Battle of Changping?

You must know that at this moment, Lian Po's position is the general of Zhao State, this general is not just a title, it is an official position, and in the words of later generations, it is called "Commander-in-Chief of the Zhao Army".

An army commander-in-chief, can this be said to be changed?

What's more, Lian Po is not no one in the court, after the famous allusion of "bearing the guilt of Jing Xiangru", Lian Po and Zhao Shangqing Lin Xiangru formed a political alliance, and it is an unbreakable iron-clad alliance that has not changed in the slightest until Lin Xiangru dies!

Most of the people of later generations focused on the three protagonists of Zhao Xiaocheng, Zhao Dan, Lian Po and Zhao Kuo, but they often ignored the political game between the two factions of the Gong clan and Buyi that all the high-level people of the entire Zhao State were involved in behind this change of general.

And today, it is the moment when the political game between the two factions about the change of generals has reached its climax.

The leader of the cloth cloth faction, Zhao Guoshangqing Lin Xiangru coughed, knowing that he was at a disadvantage at the moment and had to take the initiative to attack, so he forced the sick body to speak first.

"King, the matter of changing generals is absolutely not feasible! If we do it, our army will be defeated! ”